Subway, 22-26 La Roquette St, Paris

Advantages: Great sightseeing, excellent transport links, bargains to take advantage of
Disadvantages: Generally expensive

...After writing a lengthy epic on the highlights of my trip to Rome, I've been inspired to tackle gaie Paris, focussing on the best sights, and my favourite thing - bargains. The Background: As three financially challenged students on an end-of-degree farewell trip, we tried to chose a classic cultural destination that was also affordable. However, Paris isn't cheap, and we ended up staying at the 2* Hotel Navarin Et Angleterre, in the pleasant, yet unremarkable, area of St. Georges. On arrival I was quite impressed by the freshly decorated reception, with marble floor and green velvet fittings, and the extremely polite receptionist. Squashing into the miniscule elevator, we were expelled into the mild squalor that £35 per person per night will buy you in central Paris. Due to a lack of twin rooms, two of us squashed... Read review

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Advantages: Lots to see and do, the metro,
Disadvantages: Eating out can be expensive, everyone else is there too (everyone loves Paris)

...to get it was so long and they only let in 20 people every 10 minute so we gave up our initial plan. I guess we also figured out that we were satisfied seeing Paris from above as we had been to places like the Eiffel tower, Arc de Triomphe etc. The church is located on the island of Ile de la Cité which is believed to be the very cradle of Paris. Built on a Roman temple the first stone for the church was laid down in 1163 and it must have been an impressive sight when it was finished. With its 69 meter high towers it is still impressive today. We took a walk inside the church itself and it was pretty packed with other tourists. Around the church there are paintings, sculptures etc but I guess the most impressive are the huge rose windows. It is an impressive church but after visiting Rome's amazing St. Peter's basilica (Basilica di San... Read review

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...-1345). Road distances in France are calculated on the basis of the "0 km" marked on the square in front of the cathedral. This cathedral is the locating of the famous book “ Notre Dame of Paris from Victor Hugo. If you stroll around the cathedral during a foggy day you could almost see Quasimodo or Frolo in a dark place. Notre Dame is a tremendous masterpiece located in a wonderful neighbourhood. The only annoying thing in Notre Dame is that there is way too much tourists. Consequently the best period to see it is out of the holiday period during week. On the bank of the seine Notre Dame is located on “l’ile de la cité “. My favourite neighbourhood next to it is “l’ile St-Louis” it’s really lovely and picturesque it’s full of little streets containing delicious restaurant and the most famous ice cream maker of France Berthillon. Try one... Read review

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